Diseases

Kidney Cancer

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Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a type ofcancer that starts in the cells in the kidney. The two most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma(rcc) and transitional cell carcinoma (tcc, also known as urothelial cell carcinoma) of the renal pelvis.

SYMPTOMS

Blood in your urine, a lump in your side or abdomen, a loss of appetite, a pain in your side that doesn't go away, weight loss that occurs for no known reason, fever that lasts for weeks and isn't caused by a cold or other infection.
Extreme fatigue, anemia.

CAUSES

Body weight and height. Being very overweight (obese) increases the risk of getting kidney cancer. ...Smoking. If you smoke, your risk of getting kidney cancer goes up, kidney disease, faulty genes and inherited conditions, family history, high blood pressurealcohol, thyroid cancer